WRC mainclass from 2027

[JRodrigues]

This looks likes it's going the same way WR2C is atm, and I'm not against that if that's something similar.

[saco0o]

the ex ford europe guy said the new regs are not interesting
https://x.com/WRCgerardquinn/status/1932514123532664950

but again, the reactions are always "yes, wrc is moving away from road cars, thats not what rally should be all about". i dont have twitter, for those who have: go and ask these fellas "which modern relevant road car you want in wrc right now?" - cuz i bet its going to be the same answers i got on facebook: "nah, current road cars are ugly suvs with hybrid engines, i hate those"
so... what do they want? what do 'WE' want? even among the most hardcore fans there isnt a vision. each one of us want something related to our memory or to our visual likes

edit: my best interaction on fb about this so far was someone saying wrc need to use road cars, then I asked 'which car? a suv?' then he said 'yes but down-scaled like the puma', then I said "but you can only re-escale a car if it is a tubeframe', then he told me to 'grow up and stop arguing on the internet'

racing fans are getting hard to understand hehe (myself included, for sure lol)

[saco0o]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/why-w...or-privateers/
Toyota technical director Tom Fowler

“Look at this really simplistically. Right now, I don’t have a ’27 car. But a Škoda Rally2 car exists and has been driving for more than a decade in different forms. So, when we get to the Safari Rally in 2027, I wouldn’t bet that a car which doesn’t exist today has a better chance of getting to the end faster compared with one which has already done this event and existed for more than a decade – and has the same technical and performance specification"

weird thing for a toyota guy to say but ok lol
good to know some insider guy saying 'wrc27 and r5s will be on the same level', cuz i still had my doubts. thats good. it keeps those thousand of cars still competing for a little longer! (before more and more teams and racers buy/build the wrc27 car)

[Sulland]

345k € for the new car, and then ** for all you need in addition to make a full season on loose and asphalt.

How much is a new Rally2 and how much is a ++ package for that one?

Do not think 345 000 € opens up for many privateers. Not that easy to get sponsors for a full WRC season these days.

More and more crews goes to ERC where The Rally2s are top dog, and less travel cost compared to WRC.

Maybe a Rally2+ still is the best option long term?

[WRCStan]

Is this question basically just bodyshell v space frame now? What's the description of Rally2 and Rally2+ that will be developed, approved and brought to the stages in 2034?